Ventilated basket



Nov. 8, 1932.

O. M. JAMES VENTILATED BASKET 2 Sheets-Sheet Filed Dec. 28. 1931 N0v.s,1932. f o, MJAMES 1,887,057

I VENTILATED BASKET Filed Deo. 28,- 1931 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Patented Nov. 8, 1932 UNITED Y STATES;

gIPA'IEN'I*v OFFICE.

OLIVER MATTHEW JAMES, OF DAYTON, TENNESSEE, ASSIGNORK'TO DAYTON" VENEER & LUMBEIB.k MILLS, F DAYTON, TENNESSEE, A CORPORATION OF TENNESSEE 'VENTILATED BASKET Application led December 28, 1931. Serial No. 583,538.

This invention relates to baskets, and particularly to the formation and assembly of the staves of a basket `whereby Ventilating openings are providedjin the basketsides be- 1 tween the hoops.

In baskets of the wooden or veneer stave type, the shaping yof the so-called web of staves and the applicationr of the retaining hoops thereto by meansof appropriate fastening means, suchas wire staples, are performed by automatic machinery. In order that a strong basket Vmay be produced, it is desirable that all of the fastening means or staples engage not only the hoops but the staves as well and, inasmuch as the staples are inserted at regular intervals, it often happens that, in baskets in which voids occur between staves, some of the staples strike such voids and thus the strength of the basket assembly is impaired.

The object of the present invention is to provide a basket so formed as to afford ventilation to its contents throughits sides, the arrangement of the staves of the basket being such, however, as to prevent voids and thus ensure engagement of all of the fastening means or staples not only with the hoops of the basket but with the staves as well. Thus, although ventilation is provided for, the basket will have great strength and rigidity as compared with baskets in which voids between the staves are provided for furnishing ventilation.

To this end the invention contemplates a Y ventilated basket in which the adjacent edges of the staves forming the sides of the basket areV cut away or recessed intermediate the hoops to provide Ventilating openings, the portions of the stave edges in alignment with the hoops being uncut and in contact, therebyy ensuring theA engagement-of all of the staples or like fastening means with the staves regardless of the arrangement of the staples with relation to the hoops, as will be explained hereinafter more fully and nally claimed.

In the accompanying drawings illustrat-` ing the invention, in the several figures of which like parts are similarly designated, Figure 1 is a bottom perspective view of a basket constructed in accordance with the invention. Fig. 2 is an enlarged fragmentaryy sectional elevation taken on line 2-2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a plan view of the assembly of stave members, or the web, from which the bottom and sides of the basket are made. Fig. 4 is a perspective view of a single stave member. Y

Referring particularly to Figs. 3 and 4, it will be `seen that the assembly of stave members, or web, of the basket is made up of a plurality of similar stave members 1 (see Fig. 4) of such lengthk as'to form the bottom and sides of the basket. These stave members are successively laid one upon another in crisscross, radiated assembly, and are so arranged that they will lie in superposed pairs. The edges of the side-forming portions `ofthe stave members are cut away or recessed, as indicated at 2 and 3, in such a manner as to rleave intermediate and end portions 4, 5 and 6 of vrtheir edges untouched, for a purpose hereinafter explained. Obviously, the recesses 2 and 3 are formed in thevstave members before they are assembled in web form.

When the web is complete, nails or other appropriate fastenings 7 are driven and clinched at its center. f

yThe web is nowready to be pressed to basket shape. This is done in the ordinary type of plunger and receptacle machine, which is provided with means for applying and stapling the hoops in place.

When the machine presses the web to basket shape, the `stave members will be bent upon ythe dotted line 8, Fig. 3, the portion within this line forming the relatively closed bottom 9 of the basket, and the portion outside of this line forming the sides 10 of the basket.

f When the side-forming portions of the stave members are in final position, as illustrated in Figs. 1 andf2, it will be seen that although their cut-away portions 2 and 3 pro.- vide openings in the 'sides of the basket between the top, intermediate and bottom hoops 11, 12 and 13 thereof, whereby the contents maybe ventilated, their edge portions 4,l 5 and ,6 contact throughout the circumference of the basket sides and furnish unbroken,

voidless portions towhich and inalignment :sov

with which the hoops may be applied, and which, moreover', ensure the engagement of all of the fastening means or staples 14 with the staves no matter What the spacing or arrangement of the staples relatively to the hoops and staves may be.

In Fig. l the portions 4t, 5 and 6 of the stave members are shown as interand overlapping, and although this is what o'enerally occurs vhen the web is shaped to basket form, it is sufficient if these portions moet in abutting relation, and the Width and arrangement of the stave members is such as always to ensure at least this edge-abutting relation.

Although the basket shown is of the type in which great strength and rigidity ofpconstruction are assured by the paired arrangement of the stave members, it is obvious that a sinole series of staves mav e uall Well satisfy the requirements of the invention as Ato function anl a rangement Moreover, the Ventilating feature of the sta-ves is not confined to baskets of the type illustrated in Which the stave members form hoops and stave members to hold the same in assembled relation, the adjacent edges of the side-forming portions of said stave members being cut away to provide Ventilating openings intermediate said hoops, and those portions of the edges of the stave members underneath said hoops being` in contact, Whereby engagement of said fastening means with said sta-ve members is ensured regardless of the arrangement of the fastening means rela.- tively to the hoops.

2. A ventilated basket, formed of a web comprising a plurality of stave members arranged in pairs in radiated assembly, said assembly of stave members bent to form the bottom and sides of a basket, the arrangement of said stave members in pairs forming sides of double thickness, hoops encompassing said sides, and fastening means passing through said hoops and staves, the adjacent edges of said stave members being cut away inte`rmediate said hoops to provide Ventilating openings, and the portions of the edges of the stave members underneath said hoops being in contact, whereby engagement of said fastening means With said stave members is ensured regardless of the arrangement of the fastening means relatively to said hoops.

3. A stave member for the web of a hooped basket, comprising a strip of veneer or the like of a length suiicient to provide in the Web formed of a plurality thereof the bottom and side portions for the basket, the edges of the side-forming portions of the stave ment ber being recessed intermediate the zones o-f location of the hoops thereon to provide the basket with Ventilating openings, and the edges of the stave at said Zones adapted to contact With adjacent staves in the basket to provide for certain engagement with the staves of fastening means passing),l therethrough and through said hoo )s regardless of the arrangement of said fastening means relatively to said hoops.

4. A ventilated basket, having sides and a bottom formed from a web comprising a plurality of flat stave members arranged in radiated superposed relation, hoops encompassing said staves around the basket sides, and staples fastening the hoops to the staves, said staves contacting with each other underneath the hoops but out of contact with each other at portions removed from said hoops.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this Q6 day of December, A. D. 1931. 

